I have recently calibrated another Wisdom room but unlike the others I have calibrated, this one included Line Source for all channels AND the room was properly treated. Sage Line 2's as LCRs (bi-amped) and Insight L8i for surrounds (not bi-amped). This turned out to be one of the "moments" in my audio life. While the home theater audio was easily the best I have ever heard, it was the music that stunned me. He is using a Trinnov processor to drive everything.
I have heard a lot of very high end music systems in my life (both as an industry employee as well as a hobbyist). Some of them created "mini moments" and some of them I get to hear regularly (at least until Covid got us). But absolutely none was able to do what this client's system did. It actually brought me to tears. I have never heard music reproduced in a home that had that affect on me. Song after song, and genre after genre, it was simply magic. Easily the cleanest, most grain free, distortion free, articulate vocals I have ever heard. There are lots of reasons for that, one being that they simply never get harsh as you increase the volume. And Line Source speakers load the room completely different than point source. And with the Trinnov doing the electronic crossover function, time alignment of the two vertical arrays in each the front speakers (each calculated separately) is literally PERFECT.
Listening to his system in 2.1 mode, it lacked the 3D dimensionality that an in-room set of speakers can provide (his LCRs are on the front wall). While all of the above adjectives still applied, it lacked "magic".
But once we enabled AuroMatic (with a number of very critical adjustments), I was simply taken to another realm. So much so that I have ordered his exact complement of speakers (plus Wides).
Some of you may remember Wisdom from the early 2000's as they had 2 channel systems at CES. I thought each time I heard them, they were on the other side of "sucky". While they still offer in-room solutions for many of the speakers, they have been successful with their "architecturally friendly" approach. Here is a photo from about 2002 when they demonstrated at CES the $1,000,000 stereo in a gigantic auditorium that sounded like garbage- no matter where you sat.
I know 99.9% of the members here are all about listening to music using two (or 2.1) speakers. And until this revelation, those systems offered the pinnacle of the music listening experience for me as well. But listening in a room with all line source speakers (all using Planar Magnetic Drivers), defines (to these ears) a new level of music immersion that I did not think was possible.
I can not wait to get my new system up and running am in the midst of making some serious room mods to accommodate this change. My speakers are supposed to ship at the end of this month.
It is unfortunate that you would be hard pressed to find a dealer with the right complement of Wisdom speakers in a properly treated space and using Auro with some very specific adjustments such that you can hear what I am hearing.
I have been listening to 2 channel music using Auro for a very long time now (with my all Triad speakers), once I learned the tricks to keep it from sounding so "processed". And while I loved the presentation, I was not delusional enough to believe It sounded better than Magico's or any of the other very high end speakers, properly set up in a properly treated room. But it did sound more immersive. But with what I heard a few weeks ago, I would suggest for those who might choose to investigate, and are willing to use a Trinnov processor and part with ~$60,000 MSRP for the minimal 7 speakers (starting price), you might just be surprised.
So if any of you wind up in Atlanta (I'm east about 80 miles, which translates to somewhere between 90 minutes and 375 hours depending on Atlanta traffic), and have nothing better to do with your time, give me some advanced warning. I am not naive enough to think everyone who could hear what I heard will become a convert - particularly if you have been a 2 channel person for a long time. But it might at least open you to some new ideas.